Photos: Seahawks, Broncos touch down in New York as Super Bowl week gets underway

ERIKA SCHULTZ, AP01.27.2014

Marcia Shiri-Wasto, centre, cheers with Seattle football fans on South 188th Street in SeaTac, Wash. on Sunday. The Seahawks drove past the crowd on route to the airport for Super Bowl XLVIII.

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A worker on a forklift makes adjustments to a lighting stand for a soundstage as part of “Super Bowl Boulevard” in New York’s Times Square, Sunday. A dozen blocks of Broadway, in the heart of Manhattan, will close to traffic for four days so the NFL can stage a Super Bowl festival.Mark Lennihan
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Aerial view of MetLife Stadium as crews prepare the venue for Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Work crews continue to clear snow and ice as blustery temperatures have threatened the possibility of postponing the game.LI-Aerials
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Pedestrians roam New York’s Times Square as an image of the Vince Lombardi Trophy hangs in the background Monday. Up to 13 blocks of Broadway in the heart of Manhattan will close to traffic for four days so the NFL can host a Super Bowl festival called Super Bowl Boulevard according to the NFL.Craig Ruttle
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Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks addresses the media at the Westin Hotel on Sunday in Jersey City, New Jersey.Elsa
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Characters walk around New York’s Times Square as an image of the Vince Lombardi Trophy hangs in the background Monday. Up to 13 blocks of Broadway in the heart of Manhattan will close to traffic for four days so the NFL can host a Super Bowl festival called Super Bowl Boulevard according to the NFL.Craig Ruttle
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In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, Arialdys Tiburcio installs a banner Monday outside of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., as preparations continue for Sunday’s NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks.Charlie Riedel
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Susan Meldahl, center right, lets out a rallying cry amongst the thousands of diehard 12thMan fans that lined South 188th Street to see off the Seahawks team buses on their way to the airport en route to New York for Super Bowl XLVIII Sunday in SeaTac, Wash.Jordan Stead
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Super Bowl signs are seen at MetLife Stadium as the venue is prepared to host Super Bowl XLVIII.Jeff Zelevansky
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Denver Broncos safety Mike Adams arrives at the team hotel with a video camera strapped to his head Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J.Mark Humphrey
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Elijah Kaplan, top right, wears a Denver Broncos hat as he waits with his sons, Max, 10, left, and Rafi, 4, bottom right, for the Broncos to arrive at their team hotel Sunday in Jersey City, N.J.Mark Humphrey
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Denver Broncos head coach John Fox, centre, watches out the front of the team bus as it arrives at a hotel Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J.Mark Humphrey
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Denver Broncos fan Nancy Scollon tries to keep warm as she waits for the Broncos players to arrive at their team hotel Sunday in Jersey City, N.J.Mark Humphrey
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson leaves team headquarters in Renton, Wash. on Sunday to board a bus for his flight to play the Denver Broncos in the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game in East Rutherford, N.J.Ted S. Warren
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